Nome Airport
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IATA: OME – ICAO: PAOM – FAA LID: OME
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| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region | ||
| Serves | Nome, Alaska | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 37 ft / 11 m | ||
| Coordinates | 64°30′44″N 165°26′43″W / 64.51222°N 165.44528°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 3/21 | 5,576 | 1,700 | Asphalt |
| 10/28 | 6,001 | 1,829 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 28,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 71 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Nome Airport (IATA: OME, ICAO: PAOM, FAA LID: OME) is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Nome, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
The State of Alaska also operates Nome City Field (FAA LID: 94Z), a public general aviation airfield located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the city.[2][3]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Nome Airport has two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measures 5,576 by 150 feet (1,700 x 46 m) and 10/28 is 6,001 by 150 feet (1,829 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending November 1, 2008, the airport had 28,000 aircraft operations, an average of 76 per day: 54% air taxi, 36% general aviation, 5% scheduled commercial and 5% military. At that time there were 71 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, 7% helicopter and 4% military.[1]
Free parking is available at the airport.
[edit] Airport Pizza
Located near the airport is a pizza restaurant named Airport Pizza. The pizza parlor is famous for its use of Bering Air flights to deliver pizza for free to far-flung Alaskan villages.[4]
[edit] Airlines and non-stop destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Alaska Airlines | Anchorage, Kotzebue |
| Arctic Transportation Services | Brevig Mission, Elim, Gambell, Golovin,Savoonga, Shishmaref, Teller, Unalakleet, Wales, White Mountain |
| Bering Air | Anadyr, Brevig Mission, Council, Elim, Gambell, Golovin, Kotzebue, Koyuk, Little Diomede, Port Clarence, Provideniya, Saint Michael, Savoonga, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Stebbins, Teller, Tin City, Unalakeet, Wales, White Mountain[5] |
| Era Alaska | Elim, Gambell, Galena, Golovin, Savoonga, Shaktoolik, Shishmaref, Stebbins, White Mountain, Brevig Mission, Teller, Wales, Unalakeet |
| Evergreen Helicopters | Wales, Little Diomede |
[edit] Military use
Nome Airport was used as a transport base during World War II, facilitating the transit of Lend-Lease aircraft to the Soviet Union. Known as Marks Army Airfield it shared the facility with the civilian Nome Airport. It also was used as a defensive airfield in 1942 by the United States Army Air Force for the western coast of Alaska. Known USAAF units assigned were:
- 404th Bombardment Squadron (July 18–28, 1942) (28th BG)
- 56th Fighter Squadron (June 20 – October 20, 1942) (54th FG)
Renamed Marks Air Force Base in 1948, it was used as a cold weather survival school and a fighter-interceptor forward base. Marks was too close to the USSR to operate defending fighter-interceptors, so they were pulled back to Galena Airport. Although Marks AFB closed in 1950, an air base squadron was at Nome Airport until December 1956.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Maurer, Maurer (1983). Air Force Combat Units Of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.
- Mauer, Mauer (1969), Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II, Air Force Historical Studies Office, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. ISBN 0-89201-097-5
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for OME (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
- ^ FAA Airport Master Record for 94Z (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.
- ^ Nome Alaska Economy and Transportation
- ^ http://www.fodors.com/world/north-america/usa/alaska/kodiak-nome-and-the-bush/review-471134.html
- ^ Bering Air: Nome Flight Schedule. Retrieved 1 June 2009.
[edit] External links
- Nome Airport Official Website
- FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
- FAA Airport Diagram for Nome Airport (OME) (PDF), effective 9 Feb 2012
- FAA Terminal Procedures for Nome Airport (OME), effective 9 Feb 2012
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for PAOM
- ASN accident history for OME
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations for PAOM
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for OME
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